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Senator Rand Paul (R-KY), a possible 2016 presidential candidate, gave an interview to CNBC yesterday that may eliminate his chances of winning the Republican nomination before his campaign even gets under way.

Much of the media coverage about the interview focused on Paul’s dangerous insistence that vaccines should remain voluntary because of “freedom.” But another part

While visiting Australia in 1992, President George H.W. Bush tried to give the peace sign to a group of protesting farmers. But his palms were inward — not outward — when he flashed the “V” sign, and the natives were terribly insulted. In their culture, that sign means “fuck you.”

On January 25, 1988, CBS News Anchor Dan Rather interviewed Vice President George H.W. Bush, who was then running for the presidency. You can learn a good lesson from Mr. Bush’s handling of that unexpected ambush interview.

Mr. Bush was under the impression he would be the subject of a “candidate profile,” but Mr. Rather chose